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I love shooting plants indoors because I never have to worry about wind. And I love shooting plants outside on a cloudy day because the lighting is perfect. So naturally, when I get the chance to take the best of both worlds, I go for it.
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Aperture: f/5.6
Shutter Speed: 1/8
ISO: 100
Focal Length: 100mm
Tripod
I'm not sure what this plant is called; it's some sort of succulent my mom is growing on a windowsill. And after I took a few shots like this one, I busted out my friend the spray bottle and tried some water ones... they didn't turn out. I don't think it was the water, just other things went wrong. So I may revisit this one with the water droplets again sometime.
Other than being maybe a little bit too busy, I'm pretty happy with this. At least I can say it was composed pretty well and there's a definite point of interest. The the lighting. Oh, the lighting.
I love shooting on cloudy days. The snow was falling after school, and I got let out about 15 minutes early. While I waited for my carpool to get released, what better thing to do than take pictures? Though it was snowing pretty thickly, it wasn't all that cold. This resulted in a lot of water on my car from the melted snow. With the lovely cloudy light that is so diffused, yet usually almost as bright as sunlight, I took this nice macro shot.
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The water droplets look nice, and the one I wanted is clearly in focus. The reflection of the other car in the parking lot is (hopefully) a nice secondary subject, but one that isn't too distracting, and I'm loving how the background just fades out to white.
